A/N: I just finished playing 358/2 Days a few days ago, and I love that game. It makes me want to play the entire series all over again. Instead, this weird thing popped into my head. I've never written for Kingdom Hearts before – although I've read plenty of the fan fiction on here – and I've never really written anything like this before, either. But that's ok because I need to stop using situations in my actual life for fan fiction. So, here this is. I hope everyone enjoys this. By the way, this entire fan fiction is told by Roxas' POV.
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Am I swimming in the blackness? I really can't tell. I don't know how long I've been here; days, weeks, possibly my entire life. It's all I know at the moment. This cold, comforting blackness. Now I'm being hurled towards what I assume would be light, even though I can't really "see" anything. But I can sense it. I'm on the edge of consciousness.
And just like that, my eyes snapped open. My vision swam and my hearing was muffled. When my eyes finally decided to rest on something, I saw a man in a white coat standing above me with a very large needle. I felt the need to scream. Maybe I was screaming and just couldn't hear it.
Something in the back of my mind told me that the man was a doctor, but he's holding a large needle and that freaks me out a little. I saw other people prickling in the corner of my eye. I felt many pairs of hands hold my arms and legs down. Am I being restrained? I think that's the right word. Suddenly, my hearing snapped back into place. I could hear machines beeping, people shouting, and someone screaming. It took me a moment to realize that it was me screaming. I could tell I was going to have a booming headache later.
"Roxas! Roxas, it's alright! We're doctors, we're here to help you. I know a shot isn't what you want to wake up to, but it's just an antibiotic. The less you squirm, the less it'll hurt, ok?" The doctor said in a calming voice. My actions stopped. I felt my body sink into the bed, even though I wanted to keep fighting. The doctor smiled at me and motioned for the people to let go of me. The second they did, the doctor stabbed the needle into my arm. I let out a yelp as a few tears fell.
"See, Roxas, it's alright. One of your wounds got infected, so we decided to give you a little shot for it." The doctor calmly said. Roxas? Is he talking to me?
"Roxas... wounds... what? What's going on?" I suddenly yelled, now crying a lot more than any person should ever want to. I tried moving my hands up to wipe away the tears, but I couldn't. One arm had a gigantic cast on it, the other had various tubes and wires coming out of it. That sight only made me cry harder. The doctor sighed as he sat down on my bed, rubbing his hands through his hair.
"Roxas... you see-"
Before he could even think to finish his sentence, something on his belt started beeping like crazy. He quickly snapped it off and looked at it. The doctor quickly jumped off the bed.
"I'm sorry, Roxas, but I need to come back. There's been an accident and the ER is swarmed. I promise I'll come back as soon as I can, ok?" He quickly said. Before I could respond, he nodded his head in assumed agreement, turned on his heel and walked out the door. And now I'm lying in a hospital bed, alone and confused and scared. I stared up at the ceiling, the beeping of the machine next to me getting on my nerves. I lied there for what felt like ages, crying on and off. Eventually, I heard this loud banging noise from the hall and shouting.
"Let me see him! He's awake, right? So I can see him! Let go of me!" The screaming became more frantic and sounded closer to my room. All I could think about was hoping that this lunatic wasn't coming to my room. What luck I seem to have.
And then he stumbled in.
This tall, skinny guy with flaming red hair was now clutching to the door frame for dear life. His long face was contorted with panic as his brilliant green eyes darted all around the room. Finally, they rested on me. The second he registered that I was there, his face relaxed into a sad smile. The freak took a long step into the room, stumbling as he made his way over to me. I tried to speak up, say anything to get anyone's attention, but my voice caught itself.
"Roxas... Roxas, I'm so glad you're alive... I'm so sorry, more sorry than I've ever been in my life... Roxas..."
As he spoke, this lunatic slowly walked over to me, mumbling more to himself than to me. When he finally reached me, he leaned over me and kind of wrapped himself around me. I think it was an attempt at a hug, but it was really awkward since he was half-lying on me, half-standing. I would have tried to hug him back, but he was squishing me and I don't know who he is.
"Um... who's Roxas?"
He shot up off of me, his eyes all wild and wide. I could feel him shaking, his hands tightly holding onto my shoulders. I felt my eyebrows crinkle together, my mouth opening and closing as I searched for the right words to say. How do I make someone I don't know feel better?
"You... you're Roxas! Don't tell me you hit your head too hard." He exclaimed with a laugh. His half smile went away as my face remained in confusion.
"Hit... my head?" I trailed. His bright green eyes went wide again.
"Do you even know who I am?" He said, hurt dripping in his voice. I struggled to find the right words, words that wouldn't hurt his feelings, but none came to me. He pushed himself up off of me, waving his arms around. I'm sure if I knew who he was, it'd be hilarious.
"Can you please tell me what's going on?" I suddenly asked, feeling like breaking down in tears again for no reason.
"Axel! Axel! My god, we've only been best friends for forever! Do you remember anything?" Axel shouted. I couldn't tell if he sounded angry or sad. Probably an odd mixture of the two. I tried to prop myself up but just ended up hurting my arm.
"Answer my question! What's going on? I'm scared..." I trialed, tears taking over again. God, I've only been awake for, like, half an hour and I'm already tired of crying all the time. Seeing me break down in tears, Axel stopped his actions. His face relaxed into disbelief, his body sagging just a bit. I felt my face heat up as my sobs became harder to control. I closed my eyes after a moment, too embarrassed that I was crying. I heard Axel let out a sigh followed by some movement.
I felt a hand on my cheek, fingers wiping away my tears. My eyes snapped open. Axel was standing kind of above me with a sad smile on his face. His fingers kept ghosting over my skin. It sent shivers down my spine, but I'm not sure why. After an awkward moment of just staring at each other, he finally said something.
"You must be really hurtin' if you're crying, huh? C'mon, Roxas, you're tough shit."
And with that, something inside me just snapped. For a reason I don't know, that statement struck me as the funniest thing ever said in the world. I burst into laughter, tears falling as I squeezed my eyes shut. I think Axel was taken aback for a moment but he was laughing soon after. We were both two laughing idiots in a hospital.
After a moment, I stopped laughing. It took Axel an extra minute to stop, but he eventually did. He had this relaxed smile on his face as our eyes connected again. It made my heart stop and my face flush. It felt like something was prickling in my mind. Like a lost memory trying to find its way back.
"So, you really wanna know what happened?" Axel suddenly said. For some reason, I thought it was just my imagination. After another moment of awkwardly staring at each other, I nodded my head.
"Yeah."
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Axel tried to explain his best what had happened. He just sucks at telling stories.
From what I gather, I was in some sort of car accident. Axel wouldn't tell me where I was going or what lead up to the accident. All I know is that I was alone in the car. Apparently, the car that hit me had faulty breaks. They stopped working, allowing him to go barreling down the hill and crash into me. It sounds like it wasn't that far from Axel's house - he said he was the first one there. He didn't tell me about my injuries, but that's ok.
"I was so scared, Roxas." He said in this real quiet voice once the story was over. I tried to say something but my voice was caught in my mouth. He looked so sad it just crushed my heart. Before I drew up the courage to actually say something, someone loudly walked into the room.
"I'm sorry that took so long, Roxas."
It was the doctor from before. He didn't really sound that sorry, but that's ok. Even though I'm mad that he just up and left, I'm sure he has a busy life. What am I kidding? I'm pissed.
"You don't sound sorry." I heard myself say. I didn't mean to say it out loud. Axel tried to hold back a laugh as the doctor eyed us.
"Axel, you know you're not supposed to be here." He said, choosing to ignore my comment. Axel's laughter stopped.
"I wasn't supposed to be here until he woke up. He's awake and asking some questions, doc." Axel shot back without missing a beat. I heard the doctor let out a big sigh as he pulled over a chair and sat down next to me. It felt kind of awkward.
"Roxas, I don't know how to say this-"
"I was hit by a car, blah blah blah. Now can you please tell me what my injuries are?"
The doctor looked shocked for a moment before giving Axel a sideways glance. The red head pretended to look away, but once the doctor wasn't looking he gave me a wink. I still don't quite understand his odd mannerisms but they're starting to grow on me. Now the attention was back on me.
"Your injuries are pretty basic. It's surprising you don't have more considering how serious the accident was. You have a few broken ribs on the left side, fractured left arm, lacerations on your chest, arms, and legs, bruising on your neck and collarbone, and post traumatic amnesia. There was some internal bleeding, so we had to fix that but it wasn't too bad. We also had to drill a small hole in your skull to relief some pressure, but that's all better now." The doctor read from his chart. He sounded so robotic and uncaring. Listening to the injuries I almost wanted to cry. They all sounded too painful to be mine.
"What's post traumatic amnesia?" Axel suddenly said. The doctor gave him another harsh look before closing the file folder.
"Have you even called Roxas' parents?"
"I should be asking you the same thing."
And just like that things became super awkward. My eyes kept flashing between the two. The doctor looked irritated and Axel looked like he was either going to scream or cry. Maybe a mixture of the two. The doctor let out a large sigh as he swiveled around in his chair and stood up.
"I should go give them a call. They left a short while ago to go check on the house. I know they'll be thrilled to see you, Roxas." He said. Even though his words were sincere, his voice wasn't. With that, he turned on his heel and left the room, leaving Axel and I alone. For some reason, that thought made me feel warm. I turned towards Axel, catching his eyes. There was this smile in them that made me feel even warmer.
"Do you remember anything about your parents?" Axel suddenly said. I stared dumbly at him for a moment as I tried to remember something, anything.
"No. I don't remember anything until close to an hour ago." I slowly said. That thought interested and terrified me at the same time. I heard Axel let out half of a laugh.
"Then you're gonna love this."
000
"Roxas, oh my dear Roxas, I've never been so happy in my life! Don't you dare do something like that again!"
"He couldn't help it."
"Oh, I know, but that doesn't stop me from worrying."
These people are crazy. There's no way in hell they're my parents.
It wasn't long after the doctor left the room that he returned with these two nuts. The first one to come running in was this woman with light brown hair pulled back into a bun. A few strands around her face were sticking out, adding to the 'crazy' factor. The second person to walk in was a tall and rather thin man. His hair was darker brown and all ratty looking. He quickly moved off to the side next to Axel. It was then the crazy lady latched herself onto me, crying and hugging me way too tight.
"Jane, I think you're crushing him." The skinny guy said with a small laugh. There's nothing funny about being crushed to death. She quickly let go, taking a step back and running her hands through her hair. I took a deep breath.
"Nice to see you still got the dreads, Tarzan."
"Axel, I just saw you yesterday." He replied with another laugh. Axel laughed along with him. Are they sure they aren't Axel's parents? He seems to get along with them better than I am, so far.
"Roxas, you look like you've seen a ghost." Jane said as he took another step towards me. She rested her hand on my shoulder and gave me a small, worried smile. I tried to find the right words to say.
"I… I-I don't-"
"He doesn't know who you guys are." Axel chirped up. Jane and Tarzan turned and stared at him. Jane looked crushed while Tarzan just looked worried. I guess I should call them 'mom' and 'dad', but that seems a little weird since I can't remember them.
"Roxas, is this true?" Jane – mom – said as she whipped her head back around to me. I feel like she's angry at me, but somewhere deep down inside I know she's not. I swallowed real hard before nodding my head.
"Yeah… I'm sorry."
Before either of them could say any more, the doctor strode into the room. He said a bunch of stuff to my parents and ignored Axel and I. That's ok, though. I just like sitting here in silence with Axel. Even though I'm only ben awake for about an hour and a half, it feels like I could do or say anything around him and it wouldn't matter.
After a few moments of the doctor talking to my parents, he said something about needing to speak to them in private and they stepped outside the room. Now it's just Axel and me in here. For some reason, it felt a little awkward. Axel snorted as he stood up from his chair and stood beside me.
"You've got a nice bald patch on the side of your head." He said with a little laugh. I don't remember what a 'bald patch' is. It made me panic, though.
"Bald patch?"
"You haven't looked in the mirror have you?" Axel asked. I blushed as I shook my head. Axel walked around my bed to the doctor's counter on the other side of the room and grabbed something out of one of the drawers. He brought it over to me and held it up in front of my face.
I stared back at two bright blue eyes. Blonde hair curved up and out of my head. It made me feel like a rooster. I stared at my eyes. There were horrendous dark circles around them. Line came out of the corners of my eyes as well. I turned my head to the side, looking for this bald patch. There, on the left side of my head. I groaned as I stared at it for another minute. Setting the mirror down, I turned as stared at Roxas.
"Now I look stupid."
"With that haircut, you always looked stupid." I pouted at him while Axel just laughed. There was nothing funny with what he just said.
"This is going to suck, isn't it? I'm either going to have to remember everything of make up a whole new life."
"Either way, you better get your shit together. School starts in two weeks."
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I know this ended really sudden, but that's ok. Just so you all know, I worked on this all summer at very random times, so I'm sorry if some of the ideas don't connect right. I really just wanted to finish the first chapter before school started. So let me all know what you think! It's a brand new story, so I'd love to hear some feedback!